Better to live forever [Rebirth]

That night, Luo Jing was in chaos.

The imperial guards, patrol battalion, Zhenbei Hou's mansion, and Ning's family were all mobilized to find one person.Lord Zhenbei and Lord Changxin, the two dignitaries were detained by the emperor in the side hall of Zhengyang Palace. A whole day and night passed, but the peace of the ancient dynasty was like a stone sinking into the sea, and there was no news of it.

Until the middle of the night, the emperor's secret guards sent a secret letter, in which the emperor asked the emperor to replace Xie Yonglin, the ex-Liangzhou prefect shepherd, with a clean name, rectify his mother's reputation, and punish the villains who spread rumors and forced his mother to death.The letter also mentioned that whether the life of the person the emperor cared about the most could be saved or not depended on whether the emperor's actions satisfied the other party.

Seeing Xie Yonglin's name, Emperor Zhenyuan frowned.

Secretly said: "Your Majesty, yesterday evening, there was a secret message that Xie Yonglin had been forcibly taken away by robbers on the official road near Shangluo County, Sizhou. If these dead men were sent by the robbers to kidnap Emperor Liang Sanye to threaten His Majesty , I'm afraid for the safety of the third master..."

Last night he informed His Majesty about Xie Yonglin's kidnapping, but Emperor Zhenyuan ignored it when he was in a panic.Hearing Anshou's words at this time, his complexion became even more gloomy, and it took a long time before he slammed the table fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Xuanzhong Shuling, drafted a decree to announce to the world, Xie Yonglin's matter was framed by his colleagues, immediately Xiping County, Liangzhou The county guard will go to prison to question the crime."

The Sheriff of Xiping County has been found to be Xie Yonglin's accomplice, since he wanted to take the blame for Xie Yonglin, he naturally would not choose the second person.

But at this moment, he only hated himself for being incompetent, for not being able to protect Liang Zixi, so that he fell into the hands of thieves.He is not the same as Anshou's worry. He attacked Xie Yonglin too hard at that time, and Liang Zixi would bear the brunt of falling into the hands of these people, and he would be hurt by these people to vent his anger. He only wished that he could hurry up so that Liang Zixi could return to him sooner. .

He anxiously waited for Zhongshuling to draw up the decree, and then listened to the eunuch Dongsheng whispering a long letter to Lord Ningheng to see him.

Emperor Zhenyuan didn't want to see anyone now, but he didn't lose his mind after all, so he could only let him in with a cold face.

After saluting, Ning Heng didn't talk nonsense, and went straight to the point: "Your Majesty, the Ning family has confirmed that the disappearance of this nobleman has nothing to do with the Zhu family or Lord Zhenbei. Please forgive me and let him out of the palace."

Emperor Zhenyuan said coldly: "I said before, when my people return to my side, I will let him go without any damage."

Ning Heng frowned and insisted: "Your Majesty, the Marquis of Zhenbei didn't leave the mansion for half a step on the day when the incident happened. He was always by my side until His Majesty summoned him. I can testify for him. He has nothing to do with this matter. What's more, why should innocent people be involved in the matters of the father's generation? Even if there is no Lord Zhenbei as a hostage, Old Marshal Zhu will definitely do his best for His Majesty. Why would His Majesty embarrass a child who doesn't even know the reason? This matter was originally irreversible, when you detained Old Marshal Zhu in the palace, and now you are forcibly detaining Marquis Zhenbei, he has no crime at all, isn't Your Majesty afraid that this action will chill the hearts of the soldiers in the northern border?"

"Presumptuous! Ning Heng, you are becoming more and more incomprehensible. When will I ask your Ning family to advise me on how to act? If you are really dissatisfied, you can order the clan to blame me."

His father and grandfather had never been treated by Ning's family asking for a gold order to order the ancestral temple. Although Emperor Zhenyuan felt remorse, he always held a grudge against Ning Heng's arrogance. Dingbei's defense was naturally displeased.

Ning Heng was not afraid of his anger, but sought truth from facts: "Everything I said is true. No one has mentioned the matter of the Liang family back then, so what should I do with him, a junior who is not yet weak? Besides, although the Zhu family's army hid and sheltered in the After the Liang family rebelled against the party, after he was arrested, how His Majesty dealt with the generals of the Zhu family had nothing to do with the Zhenbeihou Mansion. Please think twice, Your Majesty, let the Zhenbeihou Lord go out of the palace."

The emperor refused to agree with a cold face, and the two stalemate. The eunuch Dongsheng entered the hall with the order in hand. It turned out that the order of Zhongshu had already drawn up the order.

Emperor Zhenyuan didn't shy away from Ning Heng. He opened the imperial decree and glanced at it, and said to Anshou who was hiding in the dark: "Spread the news out, I will read this decree only if I see it first."

The leader of the dark went away at the order, but soon returned, with an unsigned letter in his hand, which read [From Your Majesty].Seeing the handwriting on it, Emperor Zhenyuan suddenly opened his eyes wide, stood up abruptly and snatched Faith from Anshou's hand.With a heavy hand, an object fell out of the unsealed letter's mouth. The emperor reached out to catch it, but found that it was a jade pendant that had split into two.

He recognized the jade pendant, and so did Eunuch Dongsheng, and immediately buried his head on the ground in fear, not daring to look at it again.

It was a token of love given to Liang Sanshao when His Majesty the Emperor was still the prince, a pair of double dragon jade pendants.At that time, when Liang Zixi left the capital, he left the jade pendant in the Seventh Prince's mansion, meaning to cut off his love. This incident caused the emperor to worry about it until Liang Zixi was found again, and he stubbornly returned the jade pendant. give him.I never thought, goodbye, already broken and hard to heal.

When Emperor Zhenyuan saw this piece of broken jade, his heart sank. He shook his hands and took out the letter paper from the envelope. There was only a few words on it.

——I cherish myself, and you keep your promises.

In just eight words, the emperor looked at it over and over again, and gradually his eyes became blurred, and his heart was confused and complicated.For a while, he was ecstatic for Liang Zixi's safety, and at the same time he was in pain for his unfeeling, but he coughed fiercely for a while amidst the grief and joy, and was able to calm down the turbulent mood.

He pushed away the eunuch Dongsheng who was giving him the best of luck, and said to Anshou: "Where did you get the letter? Where are others?"

Secretly said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, it was in a teahouse on the outskirts of Luojing. The old man said that a guest stayed the night before yesterday and entrusted him to transfer it to Liang An's pawn shop in the capital. Because of the closure of the city, This letter was just delivered to the pawn shop today. The subordinates have already ordered people to track down the whereabouts directed by the old man in the tea house, but..."

He didn't finish, but the emperor already understood.

Liang Zixi had already left Beijing for a day and a night, and he had already disappeared like a stone in the sea, and he had nowhere to look for him.

But he is not reconciled, how can he be reconciled?He had been looking forward to it for so many years before he could bear to wait for him to come back, but he lost him again unprepared.

The most painful thing in the world is not getting what you want, but getting it and losing it again.

He was silent, and his face became much older for a while, just because no one dared to peep at Long Yan and no one noticed.The hall was silent for a long time, and Ning Heng, who was kneeling at the head, said: "Since your majesty knows the whereabouts of the old man, I implore you to let the Zhu family go."

Emperor Zhenyuan smiled coldly, so what if he didn't let it go?He looked at the letter in his hand with heartache, and gently slid his fingertips over the sarcastic words, feeling extremely cherished.

I cherish myself and keep my promise.

Liang Zixi is threatening him with his own life. If he touches Zhu's house, the next time he will send him not broken jade, but his... dead body, right?

Rather Stick to your guns.He Liang Zixi has always been a courageous person who can be ruthless, and he always does what he says, so what if the emperor doesn't want to let the Zhu family go?He didn't dare to think that what Liang Zixi said was a joke, he wanted him to be well, the only thing he could do was to live in peace with the Zhu family.

After being separated for many years, it turned out that the person he weighed the most in his heart was no longer himself.The emperor smiled wryly, it was ridiculous that he still held that little bit of extravagant hope, that he could take pity on his affection, have pity on him, so that they could stay together till old age.

With mixed feelings in his heart, the emperor no longer insisted, but asked Ning Heng to take Lord Zhenbei out of the palace.

After the two left, he threw aside the decree prepared by Zhongshu Ling, and personally took a pen to write a decree on the imperial decree.

In the early morning of the second day, the eunuch Dongsheng read the imperial decree in public.

"Following the fate of heaven, the emperor's edict said: Xie's Yonglin, in the first year of Zhenyuan, I cherished his talent and made him the number one scholar, and later he was named Liangzhou state herdsman, and entrusted the people of the mountains and rivers. But I didn't want this person to be dignified, talented but not virtuous. Invasion It is immoral to be seductive, to disobey superiority and inferiority. She was bewitched by the Huns and repeatedly violated the imperial government's decrees, which is disloyal. As a scholar, she sat back and watched her mother trade her body and money, and did not dissuade her. It is unfilial to make offerings. It is inhumane and unrighteous to fight for power, deceive the saints, form cliques for personal gain, and frame colleagues."

"Such disloyal, unfilial, benevolent, unrighteous, and immoral people are causing chaos in the court. It is because of my oversight, the catastrophe of the people, and the shame of the government. The criminal Xie Yonglin knew that the crime was serious, and committed suicide in fear of crime on the way back to Beijing. , I regard the court law as nothing, and the crime is aggravated. I feel sorry for his immorality, hate his hypocrisy, and regret the mistake. Today, the crime of this criminal official is announced to the world. We should follow the example of our ancestors, trace the crimes of their ancestors and nine clans, and punish them with capital punishment , not to be buried. Then set up a stone of remorse in the Liangzhou mansion, to be cast aside by the people, and to atone for their sins. This is it."

With one decree, the whole court was shocked.

Jia Xifu bowed his head and followed all the ministers saying that His Majesty is wise and my emperor is long live, but he was confused.Last night he clearly received His Majesty's decree to pardon Xie Yonglin, why did such a change happen overnight?

But it was too late to restore it at this time. The emperor's will was read out at the court, and the state capitals would be announced immediately to announce it to the world.Originally, scholars of culture and martial arts only regarded Xie Yonglin as a matter of talk, but now that His Majesty the emperor's will is in front of him, whoever talks about Xie Yonglin has to swear at him sincerely, and whoever dares to say a good word for him is a crime of violating the imperial decree.

After the morning court, the court and the wild are boiling.

After Zhu Dingbei heard the imperial decree, he laughed it off.The emperor really had nowhere to vent his anger and had to vent his anger on Xie Yonglin. The imperial decree said that his infidelity, filial piety, benevolence, and injustice were not enough. He had to pull out the ancestors of the nine clans to flog the corpses, and set up a stone tablet of remorse to name his crimes and write them down in the Liangzhou government. , Everyone passing by will spit, ruthless, really ruthless.

Oh, I don't know what the King of the Huns will do when he hears this news?

It's best to do something irrational, he Zhu Jiajun will wait and see.